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Introduction: The nurse-physician relationship seriously affects the treatment outcome. Moreover, the treatment process is influenced by the type of clinical relationships and interactions and various challenges are encountered in this regard. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the nurses’ experiences about the challenges of nurse-physician professional relationships.
Method: In this qualitative, phenomenological study, the data were gathered from 16 nurses using 12 open ended questions. The participants were selected through purposive sampling. After all, the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis and Colaizzi method.
Results: The nurses’ most important problem was not being respected by the physicians (40%). In addition, lack of coordination mostly resulted from the physicians’ unfamiliarity with the nurses’ roles (20%) and clinical rounds without the presence of nursing staff (20%). Yet, this relationship was believed to improve by respecting the nurses (33.3%) and team work (73.3%). The phenomenological issues in this study included the nurses’ problems in their professional relationships with physicians, lack of coordination among the nurses and physicians, execution of orders by nurses, physicians’ features according to nurses’ opinions, the nurses’ mental image of physicians, nurses’ reaction to physicians’ notifications, and nurses’ ideas about improvement of their professional relationships with physicians.
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